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S.N. Ard

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolDEIS

Aird Thiar, Carna, Co. na Gaillimhe · H91 H9W9 · Roll number 14421D

S.N. Ard is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Roundstone. Every school in and around Roundstone →

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Pupils
13
September, 2025/26
9 girls, 4 boys
Since 2019/20
−61%
from 33 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Archbishop of Tuam
Language
All in Irish
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Ard

  • A small primary school: 13 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Smaller than it was: 13 pupils, 61% fewer than the 33 of 2019/20.
  • In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
  • In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
  • 9 girls and 4 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Roundstone’s outline, 7.7 km away; listed with Roundstone, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Ard had 13 pupils in 2025/26, down from 36 in 2015/16 (−64%). Girls are 69% of them. Its largest roll was 41, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 1 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for S.N. Ard

Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.

What the Department of Education does publish for S.N. Ard is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.

Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.

Inspections

Inspection reports on S.N. Ard

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗

Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.

Getting in

Getting a place at S.N. Ard

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to S.N. Ard directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.

It teaches every subject through Irish. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
13
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−61%
from 33 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Ard has shrunk by 61% since 2019/20.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Ard−61%
The primary schools around Roundstone+9%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Ard. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −61%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Ard13
S.N. Naomh Colmain10
S.N. Mhuire58
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20
S.N. Eanna25
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22
S.N. Naomh Treasa39
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.3 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.9 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓7.1 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.3 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓11 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓22 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish29 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish34 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish46 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish48 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish48 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish49 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish50 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish50 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish50 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish50 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish52 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish53 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish53 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish54 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish55 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish55 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish56 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish58 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish59 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish59 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish60 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish60 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish61 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish62 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish62 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish62 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish63 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish63 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish65 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish65 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish66 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish66 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish67 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish68 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish68 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish68 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish68 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish69 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish69 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish69 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish71 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish71 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish71 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish71 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish71 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish72 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish72 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish72 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish72 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish72 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish72 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish75 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish75 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish75 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish75 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish75 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish76 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish76 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish76 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish77 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish77 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish78 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish78 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish78 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish79 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish79 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish79 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish79 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish79 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish80 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish81 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish82 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish82 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish82 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish82 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish83 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish83 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish84 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish84 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish86 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish86 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish87 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish87 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish87 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish88 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish88 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish89 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish89 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish90 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish92 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish92 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish93 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish93 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish94 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish95 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish95 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish95 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish96 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish98 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish98 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓98 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish98 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish99 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish99 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish99 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish100 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish101 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish101 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish101 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish102 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish103 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish103 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish104 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish104 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish106 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish107 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish107 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish108 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓109 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish109 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish111 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓113 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish114 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish114 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓117 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish120 km
Living nearby

Living in Roundstone

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€372,600
routing key H91, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,637
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Galway

Homes in the H91 Eircode area

Housing in Roundstone →

The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€338,600
2024€375,000
2025€408,300

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€442,800
Second-hand homes€350,200

Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Galway

Cost of living in Roundstone →

New tenancies in Co. Galway averaged €1,637 a month in 2025, against €1,501 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,501
2025€1,637

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

near Roundstone, H91 H9W9

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Ard

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

S.N. Naomh Colmain
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
10 pupils−55% since 2019/203.3 km
S.N. Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
58 pupils+23% since 2019/203.9 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
20 pupils−9% since 2019/207.1 km
S.N. Eanna
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
25 pupils+9% since 2019/207.9 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
22 pupils−15% since 2019/209.3 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
39 pupils+5% since 2019/2011 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 14421D

Questions about S.N. Ard

Is S.N. Ard a good school?

We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.

How many pupils does S.N. Ard have?

13 pupils in 2025/26. That is −61% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Ard teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at S.N. Ard is taught through Irish.

Who runs S.N. Ard?

S.N. Ard has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Ard?

Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.

Which schools of the same kind are near S.N. Ard?

The nearest are S.N. Naomh Colmain (3.3 km), S.N. Mhuire (3.9 km) and S.N. an Ard Mhoir (7.1 km).

Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Roundstone; nothing here rates the school.

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).